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A post-Covid flight path for the aviation industry

With time for consolidation, operators will be stronger if they make necessary changes including painful adjustments to model for the future

Published Fri, Feb 12, 2021 · 05:50 AM

WITH no clear end in sight of the Covid-19 pandemic, the global aviation industry is not ready to take off anytime soon.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has forecast that the industry will not recover to 2019 levels until 2024, a year later than previously projected.

Regaining passenger confidence will be a challenge for airports and airlines, despite the rollout of vaccination plans in many countries.

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